MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Croatia's conservative HDZ party which won a Sunday parliamentary election in a tight race with the Social Democrats Party (SDP) announced its readiness to stat coalition talks, HDZ leader Andrej Plenkovic said as quoted by local HRT TV.
11 September 2016, 11:33 GMT
HDZ won Sunday vote with 61 seats which falls short of an absolute majority in a 151-seat parliament. The SDP came second with 54 seats, the independent centre-right Most party had 13. To form a government the conservatives will have to start coalition talks with other parties.
HDZ had previously joined forces with the Most party.
